Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2
This article serves as a continuation of our previously published work and focuses on loose material transport via sandwich belt conveyors. Experimental, analytical, stochastic, and numerical approaches are used to obtain and utilize the moduli of a bilateral Winkler elastic foundation that represen...
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| description | This article serves as a continuation of our previously published work and focuses on loose material transport via sandwich belt conveyors. Experimental, analytical, stochastic, and numerical approaches are used to obtain and utilize the moduli of a bilateral Winkler elastic foundation that represent a loose material, which is wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>) that is free of bran in this case. The solutions were obtained for a uniformly and nonuniformly distributed loose material. The task of the conveyor with loose material is simplified into a symmetric task, i.e., a beam on an elastic bilateral Winkler foundation, for an analytical solution and stochastic solution (Anthill and Matlab sw). In a numerical approach, this is considered a plane strain problem within the finite element method (Ansys and MSC.Marc sw). The experimental data are evaluated and used to obtain the functions of Winkler elastic foundation moduli, which are further considered in the numerical solution. The finite element method mainly serves as a verification tool. The acquired histograms of the elastic foundation moduli can be further applied in various scientific and research fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f9274909b7a4919bed330a64d77ad6d2023-11-18T20:12:31ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022023-07-0111771510.3390/machines11070715Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2Daniel Čepica0Karel Frydrýšek1Leopold Hrabovský2Marek Nikodým3Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Machine and Industrial Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicThis article serves as a continuation of our previously published work and focuses on loose material transport via sandwich belt conveyors. Experimental, analytical, stochastic, and numerical approaches are used to obtain and utilize the moduli of a bilateral Winkler elastic foundation that represent a loose material, which is wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>) that is free of bran in this case. The solutions were obtained for a uniformly and nonuniformly distributed loose material. The task of the conveyor with loose material is simplified into a symmetric task, i.e., a beam on an elastic bilateral Winkler foundation, for an analytical solution and stochastic solution (Anthill and Matlab sw). In a numerical approach, this is considered a plane strain problem within the finite element method (Ansys and MSC.Marc sw). The experimental data are evaluated and used to obtain the functions of Winkler elastic foundation moduli, which are further considered in the numerical solution. The finite element method mainly serves as a verification tool. The acquired histograms of the elastic foundation moduli can be further applied in various scientific and research fields.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/7/715sandwich belt conveyorbeltwheat<i>Triticum aestivum</i>loose materialuniform distribution |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Čepica Karel Frydrýšek Leopold Hrabovský Marek Nikodým Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 Machines sandwich belt conveyor belt wheat <i>Triticum aestivum</i> loose material uniform distribution |
| title | Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 |
| title_full | Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 |
| title_fullStr | Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 |
| title_short | Experimental and Stochastic Application of an Elastic Foundation in Loose Material Transport via a Sandwich Belt Conveyor—Part 2 |
| title_sort | experimental and stochastic application of an elastic foundation in loose material transport via a sandwich belt conveyor part 2 |
| topic | sandwich belt conveyor belt wheat <i>Triticum aestivum</i> loose material uniform distribution |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/7/715 |
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